Tuesday, March 20, 2018

League Leading Dodgers take 2 of 3 from Fish

Dodger Stadium
GAME 1
Rapp vs Bunning
Marlins 3, Dodgers 2 (10 inn)


Patt Rapp might not have gotten the win, but his 7 inning dominance of the league leading Dodgers sure set his team up for victory.  Veteran Jim Bunning, making his first appearance of the season, was rock solid in 7 innings as well.  With the score 2-1 Florida was prepped to win until LA rallied to tie the game on a Ted Sizemore sac fly to left with nobody out and the bases loaded.  LA was in a prime position to take the lead, but Dennis Cook managed to trot in from the pen to fan Tom Haller and get Sudakis on a comebacker to end the threat.  When nobody scored in the 9th the game moved to extra innings.  Moises Alou doubled off of reliever Joe Moeller with 1 out in the 10th.  After Sheff grounded out to third for the 2nd out Bobby Bo was given an intentional pass to face Devon White who worked out a conventional walk.  When Zaun followed that with a walk of his own the Fish were up 3-2.  LA's started a rally of their own with 2 outs.  PH Ken Boyer singled to left.  His PR Billy Grabarkewitz moved to 3rd on Ted Sizemore's single up the middle.  Closer Robb Nen then decided to shut the door on the Boys in blue by enticing Haller to ground out to short to end it.

GAME 2
L.Hernandez vs Singer
Dodgers 5, Marlins 0


The "Singer Throwing Machine" spun a neat little 3 hit shutout to even up the series at 1-1.  The top 5 guys in LA's lineup each scored a run with the top 3 (Wills/Sizemore/Davis) each collecting 2 hits.  5th place hitter Wes Parker was the beneficiary by knocking in 2.

GAME 3
Osteen vs Fernandez
Dodgers 6, Marlins 4


LA jumped out to a 4-0 lead with 1 in the 1st and 3 in the 4th thanks to an RBI double from Tom Haller and a 2 out single by pitcher Claude Osteen.  LA's top lefty moundsman was not at his best today, but he was certainly good enough carrying a 6-2 lead into the 8th when he ran out of gas and gave up 2 runs (1 earned).  Rather than come out he gutted his way through the 9th to boost his record to 6-0 with a 1.78 ERA.  He also chipped in with 3 of LA's 11 hits.


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